Caroline was, to sum it up, the popular girl. Although she was just a sophomore, she was friends with everyone at her small Christian school, which only numbered about 300 overall, and no one disliked her. There had always, though, been that one shady junior who gave her weird looks. And when he invited her over to his place one night for a “party”, she shows up, and no one is there. No one but him. She, in confusion, asked what had happened. Without a second word, the shady boy raped her. Since that day, she'd been quiet, reserved, depressed, totally reliant on music. She was still the gorgeous girl she once was, but she was suffering in silence. She was no longer her social self. And now, she's untrusting of anyone. So when she meets Jack Barakat at a bar one night, and he gets a bit too touchy feely, Caroline freaks. She runs, but Jack stops her and insists he should know what's wrong. So, she tells him.
Even without the pressure from his parents, Robert Jameson (although he prefers to be known as Bobby) is beyond clever. The problem is, brains don't earn you friends. And when you're surrounded by boys who care about the things you know nothing about and girls who wouldn't be seen dead with someone so uncool, you tend to spend a lot of time either alone or being bullied.
Angel Reeds is the worst behaved student in the school. Constantly getting into fights, talking back to teachers and not doing homework, she's far from being aptly named. But when you've got brains like Bobby has, you notice things. And he's noticed things about Angel. She never smokes. She never drinks. She never does drugs. And every other typical bad boy or girl in their school is obsessed with them. And she tries in school other than with homework - she and Bobby are both in the top class of their year. So Bobby can't help but think there's more to her.
Well, when Angel rescues him from a bully and declares herself his personal bodyguard (for some strange reason) Bobby figures this is his chance to find out.